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B. V. NAGARATHNA, R. MAHADEVAN
Manoj – Appellant
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State Of Maharashtra – Respondent
आपका तर्क यह हो सकता है कि जब किसी आवश्यक वस्तु जैसे सीमेंट के नियंत्रण या विनियमन से संबंधित कानून को बिना किसी संरक्षण क्लॉज के बिना रद्द कर दिया जाता है, तो उस कानून के तहत की गई सभी कानूनी कार्रवाई स्वतः ही समाप्त हो जाती है। (!) यदि उस समय कोई प्रभावी आदेश या नियम लागू नहीं होता है, तो उस कानून के आधार पर अभियोजन या कोई भी कानूनी कार्यवाही मान्य नहीं हो सकती है। इस प्रकार, कानून का रद्द होना या समाप्त होना अभियोजन की वैधता को समाप्त कर देता है, और ऐसे में अभियोग का संचालन असंवैधानिक और अवैध माना जाएगा।
JUDGMENT :
R. MAHADEVAN, J.
1. The appellants herein, Manoj (A1) and Prakash (A2), who are related to each other as nephew and uncle, were tried and convicted for the offences punishable under Section 3 read with Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 19551[For short, “E.C. Act”] and were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 100/-, in default thereof to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for one month, by judgment dated 03.04.2000 passed by the Special Judge, Aurangabad2[Hereinafter referred to as “the trial Court”] in Special Case No. 22 of 1994. Aggrieved thereby, the appellants preferred Criminal Appeal No. 166 of 2000 before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad3[Hereinafter referred to as “the High Court”]. The High Court dismissed the appeal and affirmed the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the trial Court. Hence, the present criminal appeals.
2. The prosecution case is that the Public Works Department4[For short, “PWD”] of the State Government had awarded the work of construction of a Khar passage in cement concrete along the Kannad – Bahirgaon Road, Aurangabad to Bharat Majdoor Credit Coope
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